SGN-9

Anyone else see the article in the april 20th SGN about the suomi based 9mm rifle? It looks pretty straight forward and the guy said he built it for about $175. I'm sure I have a complete spare set of AR15 fire control parts which would bring the price down as well as various other scrap that could be used. I think I'll order 2 suomi kits and give it a try.

It just came in the mail friday. Heres a picture of what I'm talking about. The author Matthews built the receiver out of 1.25"x.120 wall thickness steel 4140 tubing which is the only thing I'm having difficulty finding at the moment. It ended up looking more like a S&W 76 than a suomi, but I think it might be adapted to fit in the Soumi stock. He made it use cheap sten mags and ar15 fire control parts. The only specialized tools you need are a lathe and a welder which I have.

Thats what I thought as well looking at the picture, but he used thinner walled 1-1/4"x .062" tubing for the barrel shroud. I was planning on trying to use the suomi shroud and if not then going the same route as he did. Some things I was thinking about was to use a different recoil system on one if I was going to use the suomi stock, possibly putting a rail on the top so you could put ar15 sights or a red dot on it, and moving the bolt handle forward. It looks neat though.